legal_theories: 198

509 claims, defenses, counterclaims, and affirmative defenses

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theory_id	filing_id	theory	party	role	basis
198	23	Assignability of Civil Barratry Claims	Kassab	counterclaim	Barratry claims under § 82.0651(a) are contract-based (Cheatham) and generally assignable (Lindsay); tort claims under § 82.0651(c) also assignable (State Farm v. Gandy); PPG carved out equitable assignments like contingent-fee interests; PPG's DTPA-specific concerns about jury confusion from mental anguish/punitive damages not present with barratry statute